Describes a system in which each issue of a high school newspaper is critiqued by the former faculty adviser on the day it is published and is then discussed in a session involving staff members and the former and current advisers. (GT)

Provides copyreading guidelines for the reporter, the typist, the section editor, and the copy editor; includes a chart of copyreading symbols. (GT)

States that many school newspapers are condensing all advertising into one or two pages. Indicates that advertisers find this to be acceptable, students continue to read the ads, and the content pages look better. (TJ)

Presents ways of writing arresting sports stories for high school newspapers. (JM)

Emphasizes the importance of a good indexing program for school newspaper columns. (HOD)

Redesigning a school newspaper with a knowledge of the basic rules of layout can deliver new excitement and improved readability to the newspaper. (HOD)

Offers advice to the school newspaper sales person so an account will not only be sold but will be properly serviced. (HOD)

Offers suggestions and techniques for bringing a school newspaper to "life" taking into consideration the question of censorship. (HOD)

Discusses how to use sidebar stories to cut down very long stories. Presents several examples of effective sidebars from school newspapers. (RS)

Describes a five-step process for using research techniques of the nation's best newspapers to transform high school students into a professional sales staff. (RS)

A comparative analysis examines the frequency of alcohol advertising in a college newspaper and any changes in the message content of alcohol advertising from 1984 to 1992. Results indicate there has been a sizable decrease in the quantity of alcohol advertising in addition to a qualitative change in the appeals of alcohol advertising. (JPS)

Presents a list of 23 questions for high school newspaper advisors concerning publication policies, editorials, source anonymity, page design, and other issues relating to overall credibility. (RS)

Discusses how to design an effective center spread in a newspaper (in which two vertical pages are combined into one visual horizontal unit). (SR)

Describes how a group of female columnists who write about sex in college newspapers is attracting quite a following, and some controversy as well. (EV)

This article presents an adaptation from Communicator, 29 (January 2006), 5-6, in which the author discusses the value of a newspaper as well as the benefits of having a student-run newspaper at a school and highlights the use of school newspapers as a teaching tool. A school newspaper is an excellent way for students to practice their writing and…